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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

a-England Saint George

I have been lemming after a few of the a-England polishes for a very long time. When the new collection came out, I knew it was finally time to give in and order a few. It was hard to pick which ones to get, since I wanted quite a few of them, but in the end I got Tristam and Lady of the Lake from The Mythicals collection, and Saint George from the new The Legend collection. I had a tough time deciding which to try out first, so I went with the newest of the bunch, a-England Saint George.

Outdoors, sunlight

St George is a super pigmented rich teal with a somewhat subtle but still gorgeous holographic effect. When I say super pigmented, I really mean it - this is one coat. Granted, it was over a fairly opaque ridge-filler base, so normally it may have taken two coats, but I am still pretty impressed. And that holo is so gorgeous! It is not as holo as the other two I got, but it is still stunning.

Mmmm, holo

Outdoors, shade - still pretty!

Since I was dying to try out the other colors too, I later decided to try a water marble with them just on the ring fingers. While they played well with the water, they turned out a bit too dark to really see much of a difference, but it was still kind of cool so here are some pictures of that as well.

Right hand, water marbled ring finger

Left hand, water marbled ring finger

Overall I would say water marble with colors this similar and dark doesn't work so well, haha. But it was still very pretty. You can also kind of tell in these pictures that the other two colors are more holo than St George. I am totally in love with these three polishes (I am actually wearing Tristam now as I type this, and can't wait to try out Lady of the Lake soon!) and I may be back to place a second order sometime in the near future. In particular, I am thinking I should have added Dragon to my collection, but maybe next time. :) What is your favorite a-England polish?